25 years of Paragliding
7 day Intermediate Paragliding Course
NOTE- This course is designed to progress your paragliding training towards high flights which last between 15-30 mins of air time. We aim at getting you as many of these flights as possible.
This Paragliding Course covers...........
Take off techniques
- Alpine launch
- Reverse launch
- C riser controls
- How to Avoid plucking at Take-off
High flights
- Wind and weather analysis
- Site assessment
- Soring flights
- Active flying techniques
- Weight shift turns
- 360° turns
- Maintaining trajectory and drift
- Rear riser controls
- Planned landing approach
- turning only on weight shift
- 'C' riser tearing in air
Independent landings
- wind direction at ground level
- Figure 8 turns
- S turns
- over shooting procedure
- undershooting procedure
- final approach
- Flair timing
- Radio check safety procedure
Theory
- Air flow
- Principles of flight
- Inner and outer lines
- Restriction points
- Gaining height
- Air laws
- Avoiding obstacles during landing
- Weather forecasting
- Examination tips